Hi Jim, I hope that your summer is going nicely and you are having a chance to store up some sunshine and do some recreational (non-computer) stuff. I am appending a brief part of a discussion held recently on the POD listserv. As you will see they were concerned with rewards for hard working faculty. What they say, of course, is worth reading, but I want to draw your attention to the fact that SUNY Cortland has a Faculty Development Center. As you know, I have always been an advocate of this. So many other colleges and universities are making use of this sort of center and I know from contact with many colleagues, that it is an enormous help both to faculty and to administration. I hope that one can be established on the Oneonta campus. Mike Siegel ------------------- Hello, All- Indeed, reward systems for faculty can be viewed as infantilizing. If money was the motivator for these folks, certainly none of them would have entered the faculty side of higher education; I can think of about six dozen more lucrative positions, can't you? Course reductions, time off in support of research, and opportunities for scholarly growth are the most appreciated. Though having said that, I've never known a faculty member who would turn down funds for either a personal or a departmental library budget! Laura Dr. Laura Gathagan Director, Faculty Development Center State University of New York at Cortland P.O. Box 2000 Cortland, NY 13045 607-753-2088 -----Original Message----- From: Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wager, Walt Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [POD] Faculty rewards The best reward is the feeling that your work is important and valued. This goes for research, teaching and service. Indicators of support are ability to get resources (including money and help from the FD Center), and provision of opportunities, such as released time, summer support, etc. The perception is that faculty will only work for money -- this is not true because money alone is not enough to generate a sustaining interest and motivation to change. If the change is not valued by colleagues, administrators and students, it will be short lived. Walt Wager | APPS | 850-644-4452 3501 UCC, Mail code 2550 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2550